Super Sunday for Timber Creek, Triton Bands

The marching bands of both Timber Creek and high schools brought home Tournament of Bands championships this past weekend.

The two bands will be looking for more glory this weekend when they compete in regional competitions in Pennsylvania.

Timber Creek took the South Jersey Group 2-A title and Triton the South Jersey Group 1-A title on Sunday.

For Timber Creek, the competition win at Clearview Regional High School marked yet another victory on a thus far unbeaten 2011 schedule.

"It's a pretty exciting thing," Chargers band director Dan O'Neill said on Tuesday. "The kids put a lot of time in. ... They sacrifice a lot of things to do this."

Sunday's South Jersey championship win was the latest in a long, proud Triton marching band history. The Mustangs, currently ranked first in the nine-state Atlantic Coast region in their group, have won seven New Jersey State American Legion Parade titles.

"I am lucky to have such a talented staff, a supportive family and administration, a hard-working parent group, and, most importantly, a very dedicated group of students," Adams said.

The 2011 Timber Creek Chargers marching band is: (flutes) Michele Bonadies, Trish Korte, Emily McMaster, Chrystal Fredricks and Desiree’ Furbert; (baritones) Samantha Morrissey and Matthew Greger; (clarinets) Jonathan Lacey, Chaz Gill, Allison Hughes, Samantha Layos and Taylor Smith; (tuba) Michael McMaster; (drumline) Christian Cortes, Lissette Drew, Jeremy Montes, Joel Nudelman, Eric O’Neill, Mike O’Sullivan, Olayinka Sadiq-Lexton; (tenor sax) Ify Achu, Jose Morales, Sonnita Kem and Sydney Copeland-Goodman; (baritone sax) Cory Schilling; (mellophone) Joe Munson; (trumpets) Heather Chan, Daniel Fithian, Nick Weintraut and Juliana Davis; (pit) Paige Austin, Brittany Chan, Jessica Layos, Dominick Palazzo, William Pursell, Sierra Rocco, Destini Dang, Sean Spellane, Collin Flinn and Taylon Allen; and (color guard) Danielle Brandis, Alexa Miranda, Tatyana Gibson, Olivia Howard, Daija Grier, Gabby Martinez, Paige Coles, Jenna Herbert, Julie Hunter, Jalyn Patterson, Emily Spaulding, Kayla Valentin and Santhavy Kem.

The 2011 Triton Mustangs marching band is: Krista Arena, Cassie Bailey, Jessica Bartleson, Jenna Derrickson, Amy Evans, Matthew Gladue, Meghan Gladue, Kaitlyn Gonzales, Sara Hanna, Dylan Hiotakis, Eric Hunt, Cory Jordan, Brenna Lewis, Saro Mazzatta, Dorthea Monaghan, Taylor Mullen, Scott Nickelsberg, Erin O'Leary, Kyle Ryan, Richard Schiavone, Lauren Somaine, Aoife White, Sarah White, Matthew Wilhelm and Brandon Wood.

Both bands will compete in their respective groups at the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Class A Championships at Avon Grove High School, in West Grove, PA, this Saturday.

Also competing in Timber Creek's group from South Jersey will be Collingswood, Woodbury, and Eastern high schools.

Triton will face South Jersey rivals Gateway Regional and Cumberland Regional high schools, among others, in the Group 1-A competition.